Cigarette.



M. WALKOS.

CIGARETTE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-'17. 19H.

Patented May 7,1918.

MICHAEL WALKOS, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN,

CIGETTE- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 7, 191%.

Application filed August 17, 1917. Serial no. 186,777.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL WALKOS, a

citizen of Austrian Poland, residing at De-. 'troit, in the county ofWayne and State of smokers articles and aims to providea substitute forcigars or cigarettes. An object of .the present invention. is to providea neat and attractive article which may be filled with tobacco andsmokedafter the manner of a cigar or cigarette andin which the tobacco may besmoked and thoroughly consumed, thereby eliminating waste of discardedcigar and cigarette ends and reducing the liability of fire fromthe-same.

The invention also comprehends the provision of a novel form ofcontainer which includes a smoke filter located therein in position forthepassage of smoke through the mouth piece, preventing the entrance ofnicotin into the mouth and insuring a cool and sweet smoke. Theinvention further contemplates the provision of means whereby thecontainer may be conveniently filled, the closure for the fillingopening carrying a compression element which presses the tobaccotogether to hold it within the container, leaving one end thereof openfor lighting purposes.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of thefollowing novel combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter morefully described and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is an elevation of the invention; Fig. 2 is a centrallongitudinal sectional view of the same;

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a similar view on the line 44 of Fig. 2; and y Fig. 5 is asection on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2, showing the cover thrown back topermit of the filling of the container.

Referring to the drawings in detail, similar characters of referencedenote corresponding parts throughout the several views.

In illustrating the invention there is shown a container 10 ofpreferably cylin-' drical form, which is open at both ends, one endthereof being internally threaded as shown at 11, to permit ofdetachably securing theretoa mouth piece 12. This mouth piece is formedwith a reduced threaded end to provide a shoulder 13, against which thethreaded end of the container is adapted to abut when the parts aresecured in position.

Located within the container adjacent the inner end of the mouth piece12 is a filter, for the purpose of filtering the smoke as it passes fromthe burned tobacco into the mouth piece. This filter comprises afiltering element 14, preferably in the form of cotton or analogousmaterial. Located between this filtering element and the inner end ofthe mouth piece 12 is a fine filtering screen 15, preferably in the formof a wire mesh disk. This screen 15 is held in position between theinner end of the mouth piece 12 and the annular flange 16 formed uponthe end of a second screen 17. The screen 17 is preferably in the formof a wooden disk of suitable thickness, which is provided with openingstherethrou gh of a relatively larger size than the mesh of the screen15. The flange of the screen 17 forms a pocket for the filtering element14, so that this pocket may be filled and placed within the container'ina convenient manner.

By this means smoke from the tobacco consumed within the container 10passed through the screen 17 and the filtering element 14, the nicotinand other impurities being'removed from the smoke in its passage throughthis element, the screen 15 serving to hold the element 14 in positionand at'the same time permitting this smoke to pass therethrough and toinsure a proper draft through the smoke passage 18 of the mouth piece.

As before stated, the container 10 is preferably cylindrical in form,the outer end thereof being open so as to provide for lighting thetobacco within the, container and also insuring aproper drafttherethrough. For the purpose of conveniently filling the container,there is formed in the side thereof the longitudinally disposed slot orfilling opening-19. This opening extends throughout that portion of thelength of the container in which the tobacco is adapted to be placed andis closed by mean of a cover 20, which is hinged to the container alonone of the side edges of the filling openin 19 as shown at 21, the saidcover being urther provided with a spring catch 22, which engages overthe outturned edge 23 of the said opening. When the cover 20 is closedit forms a continuation of the container cylinder.

In order to suitably compress the tobacco for the purpose of holding itWithin the container and of pressing 1t together in a manner to insureits proper burning, the

cover 20 is provided upon the under side thereof with a compressionelement 24:, in the form of a plate of arcuate cross-sectional shape,which is secured to the underside of the cover and is adapted to extendwithin the container when the said cover is closed. This will insure aneven pressure upon the tobacco throughout the length of the containerand prevent the said tobacco from accidentally dropping out.

In assembling the various parts of the device. the strainer 17 has itspocket filled with suitable filtering material and is then placed withinthe end of the container 10, the compression element 24 acting as a stopfor positioning the strainer. The other strainer 15 is then placedagainst the edges of the flanges forming the said pocket, when the mouthpiece 12 may be screwed in position, thereby securely holding the partsassociated. By this construction it is an easy matter to remove thevarious parts for the purpose of cleaning the same and replacing thefiltering element.

It is believed that from the foregoing description when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings, the construction andadvantages of the invention will be apparent. The right is reserved tomake such changes in the form and proportion thereof as will fall withinthe scope of the claims hereto appended.

Having described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. A device of the class described comprising a container open at oneend and having a longitudinally disposed filling opening therein, amouth piece secured to said container, a closure for said longitudinallydisposed filling opening and a compression element carried by saidclosure for engage-. ment with the contents of the container.

2. A device of the class described comprising a container open at oneend and having a longitudinally disposed filling opening therein, aclosure for said opening, a mouth piece secured to the container, afiltering device positioned within the container adjacent said mouthpiece/and a compression element carried by the closure and abutting thefiltering device to provide a stop for the latter.

3. A device of the class described comprising a container open at oneend and having a longitudinally disposed filling opening therein, aclosure for said opening, a mouth piece secured to said container, afiltering device positioned within said container adj acent said mouthpiece and a longitudinally disposed inwardly projecting compressionelement carried by said closure.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

MICHAEL WALKOS.

